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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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 Posted - Apr 18 2010 : 08:56:16 AM
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Marly - that's funny, I have an aversion to the crawly things too but this year I have conquered my fears and am picking up potato bugs and centipedes bare-handed to give to the chickens - admittedly I throw them into the weed bucket as fast as I possibly can so they aren't in contact with my skin for very long at all (maybe a micro-second) but I did it!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1515 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 18 2010 : 12:55:17 PM
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When I'm at home in my own garden I garden barefooted without gloves on in the summer all the time. I tend not to wear gloves at work most of the time, too. However, my clients would probably not like to see me running around their yard in my bare feet, so I keep my boots on at work. It is really hard to plant delicate plants, groom flowers or pull tiny weeds with gloves on. Working with Blackberries, junipers, stickery plants or tree branches that have pitch on them are about the only times I advocate for gloves. I like feeling the soft cool dirt on my feet, and for me there is something therapeutic about scrubbing your hands and feet after a few hours of gardening! It leaves me in a great mood and feeling very pleased with my accomplishments!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Apr 18 2010 : 2:31:57 PM
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I just got in from a certain amount of barehanded gardening. I got some carrot seeds planted and 6 tomato plants in the ground. They are my testers to see if the others will withstand being out and in the ground all the time. I think they will be fine. If I have to I'll stick stakes in the ground and throw a sheet over their section of the garden. They should start growing like weeds now though! I love growing things from seed!
I wish I could barefoot garden but I am reclaiming some of the yard as garden space and I am constantly unearthing rusty nails and broken glass. Though much less than I used to. Still, I think I am a bit far off from being able to barefoot garden :(
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
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homsteddinmom
True Blue Farmgirl
441 Posts
Brandee
bullard
tx
USA
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Posted - Apr 26 2010 : 1:53:30 PM
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I hate wearing gloves as it just makes my hands hot and sweaty so i take them off anyway! i want to feel what i am doing anyway.
Homesteading Mom in East Texas. Raising chickens, Rabbits and goats here on my farm! |
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craftystranger
True Blue Farmgirl
525 Posts
Barbara
Franklin
NC
USA
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Posted - Apr 26 2010 : 2:14:47 PM
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The only time I wear gloves is around poison ivy....everyone knows when I have started my yard work. I seem to get a swip of the ivy on me everytime. hahah oh well...love the feel and smell of good earth. Barbara
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Apr 27 2010 : 08:29:01 AM
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yup i am a barehanded dirt girl happy gardening. digging strawberries today sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farmgirl #1014
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22944 Posts
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Apr 27 2010 : 09:50:20 AM
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alee you want some strawberry plants? i have oodles
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farmgirl #1014
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2010 : 03:33:57 AM
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If I'm pulling weeds, it's barehand all the way. I gan't get a decent grip or good handful otherwise. And when it's hot a glove makes it hotter.
I will wear one on my non pruning hand if I'm cutting berry canes.
At work I use fingerless gloves used for rock climbing. Found them at REI. They protect when I need it like for picking up bales of hay and I can still feel keys and kleenex...both of which are used multiple times throughout the day |
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Cozynana
True Blue Farmgirl
1123 Posts
Kem
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Posted - Apr 29 2010 : 8:17:18 PM
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| My hands feel like they can't breathe if I wear gloves. I also try to keep my garden hoed and cleaned so I can go barefooted too. THAT is heavenly!!! My feet are stained all summer, but who cares, it feels soooooo good. |
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Melbick
True Blue Farmgirl
81 Posts
Melanie
Venus
TX
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2010 : 10:13:18 PM
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I am a no gloves, no shoes girl in the garden. My husband and my grandmother go crazy when I am gradening becuase I refuse to wear them. I have rubbed off on my kdis so much that I don't think they ever wear shoes :) I have to feel the dirt in my hands to know if it is good or not, and if my feet get hot the rest of me is hot, so here in Texas the shoes come off to keep the body cool.
Melanie Bickham
Homegrown Girls
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2010 : 03:37:16 AM
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| I miss bare footed. Can't do it now, too much chicken poop. The feel of freshly tilled soil is heavenly though |
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Deana
Farmgirl at Heart
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Deana
Greenview
IL
USA
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Posted - May 01 2010 : 06:31:49 AM
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| Now where are those glove? I never seem to have them on or near me. They just get in the way, make my hands sweat and I too have small hands. When I do have them, they are the child's size large. And what about the shoes? Seems I'm just wandering around the place barefoot then boom, there I am, dirty feet, dirty hands and happy as a clam! |
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birdie71
True Blue Farmgirl
254 Posts
Robin
Glendale
Arizona
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2010 : 09:50:22 AM
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Oh yeah! Me too! I will wear gloves with hedge trimming and tree stuff but I love getting my hands in the dirt. I like to make sure the ground is just so and the plants are just so and can feel that so much better barehanded!
Robin
Farmgirl Sister #1301
Farming in the Sonoran Desert? Hmmm?!
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 05:48:28 AM
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Dirt in my fingernails and toenails...no manicures or pedicures for this farmgirl. There is something about "feeling" the soil that I just love. You never know, it may catch on and the next thing we will see is mud packs for hands and feet at the fancy salons!
Why not go out on a limb, that's where all the fruit is! "Mark Twain"
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 02 2010 : 06:42:42 AM
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My fingers permanently have a dirt line around them these days. Yesterday before work I had to use a scrubby pad to get the dirt out of the deeper crevices in my hands! LOL Most of my gardening lately has been seedling herding (LOL) Transplanting to bigger cups so they can keep growing. I can't wait until this last spell of silly weather clears up!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 09:24:06 AM
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Oh my gosh Alee - I know, I just checked the National Weather service website and there is possible snow in the forecast on Tuesday and Wednesday - what?!?!
Heavy sigh.....
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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barefootmama
True Blue Farmgirl
133 Posts
Jennifer
BLOOMSBURG
Pennsylvania
USA
133 Posts |
Posted - May 03 2010 : 03:43:39 AM
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I am a proud bare handed and bare footed farm girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I love the dirt and grass it feels so natural and relaxing to be that close to nature!!!My kids are the same way ,thats why our 5 acres are called Bare Foot Farm LOL..The only complaint I have is I work in a hospital and my garden dirt is hard to get off sometimes lol..
Bring on the warm Spring weather Mother Nature I am ready to get DIRTY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves,for they shall never cease to be amused:) |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22944 Posts
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Grammygail
True Blue Farmgirl
172 Posts
Gail
Chattanooga
Tennessee
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - May 04 2010 : 8:57:49 PM
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| There is nothing like the feel of good, warm, ready to plant dirt! When I have to deal with heavy briars, sap or some nasty weeds(which give painful grass cuts) is the only time you will catch me with gloves. There is a feeling of accomplishment when I come in with my hands in shades of brown dirt and garden green. My garden is literally "hand planted". Good luck to all with their gardens this year! |
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barefootmama
True Blue Farmgirl
133 Posts
Jennifer
BLOOMSBURG
Pennsylvania
USA
133 Posts |
Posted - May 05 2010 : 12:49:30 AM
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I know Alee its just nasty lol I keep my nails trimmed down just for that...although the calises are starting for the season already woohoo!!!!!
Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves,for they shall never cease to be amused:) |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - May 05 2010 : 11:58:11 AM
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Its been too cold to do any gardening here as well Alee. its either blowing or raining and I am sick, sick, sick of winter.....
Kim
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - May 07 2010 : 6:00:01 PM
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Ooof - tell me about it. I was in California for a food show Tuesday and Wednesday and it was 80 degrees. Got home late Wed. night to hail and woke up to 2 inches of snow Thursday!?! It is now looking like we might get some spring weather, I certainly hope so.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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